Abstract:

As the title implies the article describes how multitasking is implied in foreign language teaching. The author draws attention to the situation in the modern society, namely, how important it is to multitask in different activities. It is specially noted that the ability to solve different problems and to do many tasks at the same time belongs to the main skills in the XXI century. The need is stressed to employ multitasking in each discipline including foreign languages. The author tries to prove the efficiency of multitasking by giving some examples. It is shown that activities based on multitasking can improve the training and prepare the students to their future occupation. That is why the most of tasks should be work-based. The students learn to solve professionally oriented tasks using not only foreign language knowledge but also their experience in other fields they have got by learning other disciplines. The main conclusion drawn is the following: multitasking can influence the educational process positively and can motivate students to act in difficult situations using all their skills and knowledge simultaneously.

Keywords:

Foreign languages, multitasking, work-based tasks, problem oriented learning, non-linguistic university.